Derndingle
Derndingle was a hollow in the south of Fangorn Forest, used by the Ents from time immemorial as the place where they met in Entmoot. In shape it was a wide round depression, surrounded by a dark green hedge of evergreen trees. The hollow itself was clear of trees, except for three tall silver birches that grew in its centre.[1]
[edit] Etymology
The name Derndingle is Mannish in origin but of course comes from an old version of Westron when Gondorians still remembered the Ents.
A dingle is a "tree-shadowed dell". The archaic element dern (also seen in Dernhelm) means "secret, hidden".[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Treebeard"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion